Computers recovered by police from Rebekah Brooks' house were not in use when she quit News International, the phone-hacking trial has heard.

Det Con Alan Pritchard said police had not recovered equipment with "relevant activity" from the time that Mrs Brooks resigned as CEO in 2011.

He told the Old Bailey some "computers, iPads and phones" of Mr and Mrs Brooks had never been found.

Mr and Mrs Brooks deny conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

Jonathan Laidlaw QC, for Mrs Brooks, said it was "wrong" to claim equipment had gone missing "prior to and since" her arrest.

He said "all her computer equipment was left in the office...for police to recover later in the evening" on the day she quit.

'Left in the office'

DC Pritchard was involved in searches of homes belonging to Mr and Mrs Brooks in London and Oxfordshire, as well as an office at News International and an office in Marylebone, central London, in July 2011 and March 2012.